Pune: Hundreds of citizens gathered near Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar Chowk, close to the Pune collectorate, on Monday in solidarity with the Jantar Mantar demonstration led by founder of Cockroach Janta Party Abhijeet Dipke and supported by innovator and activist Sonam Wangchuk.They demanded resignation of Union education minister Dharmendra Pradhan and accountability from the Narendra Modi…
Surat: In a first for India’s lab-grown diamond industry, a Surat-crafted lotus made of 32 LGDs and gold has travelled to space aboard Vikram-1, India’s first privately built orbital rocket, unfolding in orbit nearly 450 km above Earth.Named Cosmos Bloom, the payload opened up when exposed to sunlight in space, showcasing the brilliance of lab-grown…
Guwahati: From a schoolboy clinging to a tree with his mother through the night in his flooded school campus at Nazira to countless families taking refuge on rooftops, the devastating floods sweeping through Assam’s Sivasagar and Charaideo districts have left behind scenes of unprecedented destruction.Triggered by torrential runoff from the hills of neighbouring Nagaland, the…
Lucknow: The owner of the building in Aliganj where a fire claimed 15 lives last month has begun demolishing the structure after the Lucknow Development Authority (LDA) declared it illegal and ordered its removal.The LDA issued a notice under Section 27(1) of the Uttar Pradesh Urban Planning and Development Act on June 23, directing the…
Rajkot: Bringing a 25-year-old criminal case to a close, a court convicted a former Bank of Baroda officer for orchestrating an embezzlement scheme, sentencing him to three years of simple imprisonment considering his age.Additional judicial magistrate first class DD Shah found Pankaj Mehta, 75, guilty of criminal breach of trust, cheating and forgery.The charges date…
Jaipur: After multiple missed deadlines and months of back and forth on an issue that triggered strong judicial reprimand, the state govt Monday finally submitted a detailed timeline before the Rajasthan High Court for conducting the long-delayed panchayat and urban local body elections.According to the govt’s submission before the court, the polls are to be…
NEW DELHI: The Resident Doctors’ Association (RDA) of AIIMS, New Delhi, on Monday wrote to President Droupadi Murmu seeking an independent, impartial and time-bound inquiry into the events at Jantar Mantar, expressing concern over the alleged use of force against peaceful protesters and raising questions over the continued hospitalisation of climate activist Sonam Wangchuk. In…
Quote of the day by Usha Vance on motherhood. Second Lady Usha Vance has recently welcomed her fourth child, Alec Neel Vance, with Vice President JD Vance. But Usha Vance spoke about the joys of motherhood on several occasions. In her Mother’s Day message this year, as she was expecting Alec, she issued a profound…
Filmmaker and writer Karan Razdan has worn several hats in the film industry, but few know that he was the writer behind the ambitious yet shelved film Time Machine. The project, starring Aamir Khan and Juhi Chawla and directed by Shekhar Kapur, generated significant buzz before it was eventually abandoned. Razdan had shared details about…
Marc Cucurella’s secret pre-match ritual helped continue Spain’s World Cup-winning superstition/ Image:X Marc Cucurella was spotted carrying out an unusual pre-match ritual moments before Spain’s FIFA World Cup 2026 final against Argentina, and it has now emerged that the act was part of a 16-year-old superstition passed down by one of Spain’s previous World Cup…
